Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Washington is split over how to respond to the latest attack, which it believes may have killed between 1,000 and 1,800 people. Military leaders such as John Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, have urged caution, for fear of becoming further embroiled in a Middle East conflict when it is unclear whether the rebels would back US interests. "Syria today is not about choosing between two sides but rather about choosing one among many sides," Dempsey said in the letter dated 19 August to Representative Eliot Engel. "It is my belief that the side we choose must be ready to promote their interests and ours when the balance shifts in their favor. Today, they are not." |